The beach hut
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"For Sale: a rare opportunity to purchase a beach hut on the spectacular Everdene Beach. "The Shack" has been in the family for fifty years, and was the first to be built on this renowned stretch of golden sand ... ' Jane Milton doesn't want to sell her beloved beach hut, which has been the heart of so many family holidays and holds so many happy memories. But when her husband dies, leaving her with an overwhelming string of debts, she has no choice but to sell. The Beach Hut follows the stories of the people who own the beach huts, families who come to Everdene each year, people who fall in - or out of - love, remembering their pasts, or trying to forget them ... Veronica Henry has brilliantly drawn together the comings and goings of life at the beach huts over one long, hot, lazy summer ..."--Publisher description.
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This book was really something very special, a true joy to read. I knew from reading “A Night On The Orient Express” that Veronica Henry could craft a cleverly written novel but this book went one step further.
Jane Milton has been recently widowed and left with huge debts by her deceased husband, as a way to solve her issues she decides to sell her family beach hut in the small seaside town of Everdene. What follows is a chapter by chapter journey through the lives not only on Jane and her family but also a whole host of other characters who journey to the small seaside town and the little beach huts on the shore. We are taken back in time to the 60's and a love affair that will shape lives for many years to come. Henry weaves together tales of newlyweds, alcoholism, adoption, grief and they seamlessly blend chapter by chapter touching each other at points, some remaining stand alone tales.
It was a beautiful book, my first real summery read of the year that made me yearn for summer barbeques and fun family days on long summer nights. It made me want to pack my kindle and some wine and sneak off to one of the beach huts for a week and spend time just me and the ocean and the sun. It was so beautifully evocative and atmospheric.
I am absolutelt thrilled that Henry's new summer novel for 2014 is going to be “The Beach Hut Next Door” because if she decides to bring back some more tales from the characters in this book I will happily postpone everything to spend time with them all again, with maybe some new faces. I also nkw know that Henry's writing is clearly of a consistently high standard and so won't wait so long before delving back into the back catalogue for more joy and escapism.
